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THE ARGUS
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
VOL. 41 BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934 N.1
0. CELEBRATES AIVERSARYT~
THETA ALPHA PHI SPONSORS PLAY CONTEST
Prize For
Best Student
PlayOffered
Plays Submitted Must Be
Original-The Contest
Closes March 1
Theta Alpha Phi National Hon-orary
Dramatic Fraternity, an-nounce
that it will sponsor an
original one-act play writing con-test
open to all enrolled students
with at least twelve hours of aca-demic
work at Illinois Wesleyan.
All plays entered for competi-tion
must be original with the
persons who submit them and
should require not less than
twenty nor more than forty-five
minutes of playing time. Manu-scripts
must be typed on one side
of the sheet only.
First Prize-Fifteen Dollars
March 1, 1935 has been set for
the closing of the contest and all
plays must be submitted to Dr.
H. W. Hodgens or to Harold
Walters, President of Theta
Alpha Phi, on or before that
date.
For the best play Theta Alpha
Phi offers a cash award of fifteen
dollars and will also sponsor a
public production of the prize
winning play.
The fraternity also reserves the
right to produce any play sub-mitted.
Kinneman P.
G. M. Speaker
On Thursday evening, Decem-ber
13, Pi Gamma Mu, honorary
social science fraternity, held its
meeting in the library building.
A number of the following new
members were present: Elinor
Wright, Guida Briggs, Glatha
,Cox, Virginia Ball, Mildred Davis,
Bernice Tobias, Dorothy Bryant,
Mary McDorman, Dr. Ratcliff,
John Lamonica, Everett Melby,
and Walter Teasdale.
Antiquated Government
In the order of business, Pres-ident
Scott Anderson resigned to
be replaced by Vice-president
Dorothy Larison. Following the
.business session Professor Kinne-man
of Illinois State Normal Uni-versity
gave an interesting talk
and headed a discussion on the
subject of bringing our govern-ment
up to date, pointing out the
(Continued on page three)
SOCIAL CALENDAR
Dec. 19-Sigma Kappa foot-ball
banquet.
Dec. 20-Senior organ re-cital,
Mr. Nafziger-
8:30 Presser Hall.
Dec. 21-A Capella Choir
to Chicago for N. B.
C. broadcast.
T. K. E. Christmas
Dance.
Kappa Kappa Gam-ma
formal.
Xmas vacation be-gins.
Jan. 2-Basketball, Centen-ary,
here.
Jan. 4-C. J. Connick, lec-ture
course, 8:15,
Presser Hall.
Jan. 8 - Ruth Lyons, lec-ture
course.
Jan. 12-Basketball, North
Central, at Naper-ville.
Jan. 15-Founder's Day
Jan. 16-Basketball, Milli-kin,
at Decatur.
Author of Story Livingston Second In Contest
Northwestern Entrant Is
First-Lake Forest Wins
Third Place Honors
Harold Livingston, curly-topped
winner of many forensic encoun-ters
in high school and college,
scored again, by placing second
In the annual peace oratorical
contest held in Amie Chapel on
Monday of last week. A field of
eight entrants from Illinois Col-leges
and Universities met for
battle, each participant having
won in a local contest on hs own
campus. Places were drawn. The
judges poised their pencils. The
chairman introduced Livingston to
r: _ _ _ _ speak on the subject "Ballots or
Miss Genevieve White Bullets?" Each former president
- English instructor at Illinois smiled from his frame on the
Wesleyan is the author of north wall of old Amie Chapel-
"Christmas Kingdom," the Christ- here was a true son of old Wes-mas
serial story, written especi- leyan! Curly did right well, and
ally for publication in the Panta- would have won first place, of
graph. The story will be con- course, except for the fact that
eluded with the ninth annual seven other speakers dulled the
Children's Christmas Jubilee, to sensibilities of the judges before
be held in Bloomington high their decision could be, recorded.
school auditorium, Saturday, Dec. Various Subjects Heard
22. Peter Danger, of Augustana,
spoke on "Why Not Try Love?" "A Chri stmas "Clifford Scott, of Normal, fol-lowed
with, "Peace a Substitute
Carol" Pleases
Packed Houses
Amidst flying snow-balls, merry
Christmas melodies, and the
quaint costumes of nineteenth
century England, a filled house
viewed both performances of
Dicken's "Christmas Carol," last
Sunday afternoon and evening at
the Scottish Rite Temple. Under
the able direction of Delmar D.
Darrah, the Bloomington Consis-tory
players presented a very con-vincing
interpretation of the
story of Old Scrooge and Tiny
Tim.
The musical setting for the
play was arranged by Professor
J. Alfred Neu and Mrs. Vera Pearl
Kemp. Mrs. Neu was organist and
accompanist for the production.
131 in Cast
The play brought a study of
English life as good as a course
in English literature. The 131
members of the cast had been
carefully groomed in the costum-ing
and history of Dicken's
period, and the three hour per-formance
passed very delightfully.
Frederick A. Hitch, as Scrooge,
and Louis Williams as Scrooge's
nephew were extremely effective
in their characterizations, al-though
every character including
petite Gloria Klein, playing Tiny
Tim, gave a finished performance.
There were twenty-seven scenes
in the play.
Two More Performances Given
There will be two more per-formances
of the "Christmas
Carol" next Sunday. The play is
presented w i t h o u t admission
charge, as a contribution to the
Christmas spirit of the commu-nity,
and tickets for admission
may be obtained from members
of the Masonic Order.
OPPORTUNITY OFFERED
TO EXPRESS VIEWS
The Epworth Herald is inter-ested
in finding out what the
students on Methodist campuses
think about religious problems.
In accordance with its request,
the Argus is herewith printing a
ballot which will serve as a
means of gauging such opinion.
We are asking each student to
voice his opinion through this
medium and turn in his vote to
the Argus box in Main Hall.
for War." Richard Windmark
of Lake Forest chose "Greed" foi
his tolis. Then came Merrill
Davis, of North Central, discuss-ing
"Life Insurance for Peace.'
Willard Claassen, from Wheaton
saw mankind "At the Cross-roads."
Seymour Simon (not the
orchestra leader) but a repre-sentative
of Northwestern Univer-sity,
challenged his hearers tc
turn from the worship of "Mars
and Wodin, Inc." Jimie (one M)
Scott, of Eureka, closed the ses-sion
with "Proposals for Perma-nent
Peace."
Simon Wins First
When the smoke of battle had
cleared away, the judges brought
back their decisions, based upon
the relative placing of speakers
on the judgment sheets of each
of the eght judges. Seymour
Simon, of Northwestern, was ac-corded
first place, with its prize
of fifty dollars, our own Harold
Livingston, second place with its
thirty dollar prize (what will he
do with all that money?), and
Richard Widmark, of Lake For-est,
who paced third, will receive
a bonus of twenty dollars. Hearty
congratulations to Livingston,
and the honorable Virgil Mar-tin,
who coached Curly in prepa-ration
for the contest.
Announce Literary Supplement
Relations Club Pro- All Students Urged To
Contribute Stories, Es-gram
IsGi says, and Poems-
The International Relations The Argus Staff members wish
club held its second meeting at to bring to the attention of the
the Hut, Wednesday evening with students the Literary Supplement
Prof. Pratt, the advisor, in which is to be published shortly
charge. Various phases of inter- after Christmas vacations. The
national affairs were discussed editors are especially anxious to
and future plans were made. obtain original contributions from
On December 20, Mrs. Grace the student body. Any type of
Austin will be the speaker of the work will be acceptable-essays,
evening. Mrs. Austin has tray- short stories, poems, editorials or
eled widely in Europe and prom-ises
to give a timely lecture.
On January 9, there will be a
discussion of the Saar Question.
This should prove interesting to
all social science students be-cause
on January 13 the Saar
plebiscite will be held. Mr. Man
of I. W. U. will present his view
on the situation in China the fol-lowing
Wednesday night. Later
meetings, although not scheduled,
will be on the vital questions of
the day.
short articles on any subject.
The student body is urged to
do some work on this during the
Christmas vacation so as to make
this project a success. Two years
ago, the Argus was an eight page
edition and so an entire page
could be devoted to literary sub-jects.
Now, because of the limited
space, this has had to be shor-tened
to the Muse.
This project, as all other school
activities, can only be a success
if it has the support of the stu-
Anyone and everyone inter- dent. Do your part!
ested in International Relations
are cordially invited to become a delightful performances were
member and we hope to see you solos by Mr. Payne, and a group
at the Library next Thursday at 7 of songs by Jane Wachs. Cletus
o'clock. Hensley and Joan Cutright gave
a pantomine while Maurine
Christman read. The club then French Club sang "The Marseilles" and some
Christmas carols in French. IX mas!1 Paruty Heusley is Santa Claus
X a Pat11To climax the meeting, Cletus
Hensley appeared as Santa Claus,
On Wednesday, December 12, and supplied the boys and girls,
from 4:30 to 6:00 P. M. the thirty of them, with pop-corn
French Club held their Christmas balls, peppermint sticks, and ap-meeting
in the Hut. The pro- ples. Miss Young and Miss Fer-gram
was a varied one, as indi- guson are to be congratulated for
viduals ,as well as the group as a arranging such a pleasant after-whole,
performed. Among the ] noon for the club.
YOUR VOTE ON RELIGION
Can religion lead the way out of the depression?
i- Is a religious faith necessary in these times?
Is the church one of the leading institutions in the
present day?
• . . Add below, if you will, a short explanation of your
reasons for answering as you have.
Soloist
Everett Anderson
. . mm ember of the Wesleyan
School of Music, sang the bari-tone
solo part in the "Messiah"
given at the Coliseum Sunday,
Dec. 16.
"Messiah" Is
Given Before
Large Audience
The annual production of
Handel's "Messiah" given under
the auspices of the Amateur Mus-ical
Club of Bloomington, took
place Sunday evening, December
16, at the Coliseum.
The concert was well attended
by a large and appreciative aud-ience.
Mr. Westbrook handled
his orchestra and chorus with
ease and the soloists all did un-usual
work. Those singing the
solo parts were: Mrs. G. L. Jor-dan,
soprano; Mrs. F. E. Fuller,
contralto; Mr. Gilbert Kinne,
tenor; and Mr. Everett Anderson,
baritone.
Numerous Groups Participate
This program is made possible
through the interests of patrons
and other donaters. Those parti-cipating
were the Bloomington
Philharmonic chorus and orches-tra,
and the Wesleyan University
chorus. The Messiah scores were
loaned to the Philharmonic So-ciety
by Mr. Clark Stewart.
Membership in the Philhar-monic
chorus is open to anyone
interested. Chorus rehearsals are
held each Monday at the Y. W.
C. A.
After the Christmas holidays
the chorus will begin work on the
opera "Martha" which will be
given some time in the spring.
Student Union
Pres. Resigns
At the last meeting of the
Student Union the resignation of
President Richard Postlethwait
was officially accepted by the rep-resentatives,
after having been
held over in an attempt to regu-late
the matter in accord with
the school authorities.
Point System Causes Resignation
Mr. Postlethwvait's resignation
was necessitated by the fact that
under the present point system
for apportioning student activ-ities
his points total more than
is allowed an individual student.
In order to reduce his total
suhstantially enough to comply
with the school ruling, Mr. Pus-tlethwait
was compelled to relin-
(luish either the presidency or his
position a: treasurer and commis-sar
of Tan Kappa Epsilon.
Inasmuch as the fraternity
office entails both board and
room and no agreement could be
(Continued on page two)
Sorority Is
Twenty.Five
Years Old
Dinner In Honor of Date
of Founding Held at
The Illinois Hotel-
Delta Omicron, National Music
Sorority, celebrated its Founder's
Day aninversary last Friday, De-cember
14th. The sorority, al-though
only twenty-five years old,
has grown in breadth and scope
to include many chapters on col-lege
campues and music conserva-tories
of high standing. The
Sigma chapter here at Wesleyan
was founded in 1926, and since
that time has attained a chapter
roll of thirty members, which is
one of the largest on this campus.
Celebrate With Dinner
In honor of the Founder's Day,
a dinner was held at the Illinois
Hotel at 6: 00 P. M. Special guests
of the sorority included Messrs.
Kritch, Munger, Martini, Vander-water,
Mr. and Mrs. Guild, Mrs.
Mae Capen, and Miss Ethel
Gunn, all of whom are patrons
and patronesses of Delta Omi-cron.
Miss June Wright, who is
President of the sorority this
year, presided as hostess.
Martini a Patron
Following the dinner, Mr. Al-bert
Martini, of the Music School
faculty, was installed as a Patron
of Delta Omicron, in a very im-pressive
service. Mr. Martini is
director of the Wesleyan String
Ensemble, teacher of violn and
assistant concert-master of the
Bloomington Philharmonic Or-chestra.
The sorority is very
fortunate in having him for a
patron.
Four Attend
SigConclave
Dave Kruse, Everett Melby,
Dave Swanson and Robert Under-wood
were the Illinois Wesleyan
delegates to the Five Province
Convention of the Sigma Chi fra.
ternity at Chicago, December 14
amid 11.
Hold Model Initiation
Representatives from twenty-six
chapters in the Central States
met in the Stevens Hotel to dis-cues
umatters of common interest,
such as management, rushing,
pledge training and so on. A
model initiation was conducted
Siturday afternoon.
MeCutcheon Speaks
Friday night a dance for the
delegates was given in the Bis-marck
Hotel, where Art Kassel
furnished the music. At the ban-quet
Saturday night prominent
Sigma Chis spoke, among them
John T. McCutcheon, the Chicago
Tribune cartoonist, L. A. Downs,
president of the Illinois Central
Railroad and Dr. W. 'Henry Mc-
Lean, one of the national officers.
A premier showing of a thousand
feet of film of outstanding Sigs
was also given.
ON LEAVING CHAPEL
For some years at Wes-leyan,
it has been tradi-tional
to show respect in
various ways to faculty
members and seniors. This
respect is evidenced, among
other ways, in the order of
leaving chapel sessions.
Seniors, wait until the
faculty members are out.
Juniors, wait until the
seniors are out.
Freshmen, stay in your
seats until faculty members,
seniors, and juniors have
left the auditorium.
The Student Union
D.
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THE ARGUS
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
VOL. 41 BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934 N.1
0. CELEBRATES AIVERSARYT~
THETA ALPHA PHI SPONSORS PLAY CONTEST
Prize For
Best Student
PlayOffered
Plays Submitted Must Be
Original-The Contest
Closes March 1
Theta Alpha Phi National Hon-orary
Dramatic Fraternity, an-nounce
that it will sponsor an
original one-act play writing con-test
open to all enrolled students
with at least twelve hours of aca-demic
work at Illinois Wesleyan.
All plays entered for competi-tion
must be original with the
persons who submit them and
should require not less than
twenty nor more than forty-five
minutes of playing time. Manu-scripts
must be typed on one side
of the sheet only.
First Prize-Fifteen Dollars
March 1, 1935 has been set for
the closing of the contest and all
plays must be submitted to Dr.
H. W. Hodgens or to Harold
Walters, President of Theta
Alpha Phi, on or before that
date.
For the best play Theta Alpha
Phi offers a cash award of fifteen
dollars and will also sponsor a
public production of the prize
winning play.
The fraternity also reserves the
right to produce any play sub-mitted.
Kinneman P.
G. M. Speaker
On Thursday evening, Decem-ber
13, Pi Gamma Mu, honorary
social science fraternity, held its
meeting in the library building.
A number of the following new
members were present: Elinor
Wright, Guida Briggs, Glatha
,Cox, Virginia Ball, Mildred Davis,
Bernice Tobias, Dorothy Bryant,
Mary McDorman, Dr. Ratcliff,
John Lamonica, Everett Melby,
and Walter Teasdale.
Antiquated Government
In the order of business, Pres-ident
Scott Anderson resigned to
be replaced by Vice-president
Dorothy Larison. Following the
.business session Professor Kinne-man
of Illinois State Normal Uni-versity
gave an interesting talk
and headed a discussion on the
subject of bringing our govern-ment
up to date, pointing out the
(Continued on page three)
SOCIAL CALENDAR
Dec. 19-Sigma Kappa foot-ball
banquet.
Dec. 20-Senior organ re-cital,
Mr. Nafziger-
8:30 Presser Hall.
Dec. 21-A Capella Choir
to Chicago for N. B.
C. broadcast.
T. K. E. Christmas
Dance.
Kappa Kappa Gam-ma
formal.
Xmas vacation be-gins.
Jan. 2-Basketball, Centen-ary,
here.
Jan. 4-C. J. Connick, lec-ture
course, 8:15,
Presser Hall.
Jan. 8 - Ruth Lyons, lec-ture
course.
Jan. 12-Basketball, North
Central, at Naper-ville.
Jan. 15-Founder's Day
Jan. 16-Basketball, Milli-kin,
at Decatur.
Author of Story Livingston Second In Contest
Northwestern Entrant Is
First-Lake Forest Wins
Third Place Honors
Harold Livingston, curly-topped
winner of many forensic encoun-ters
in high school and college,
scored again, by placing second
In the annual peace oratorical
contest held in Amie Chapel on
Monday of last week. A field of
eight entrants from Illinois Col-leges
and Universities met for
battle, each participant having
won in a local contest on hs own
campus. Places were drawn. The
judges poised their pencils. The
chairman introduced Livingston to
r: _ _ _ _ speak on the subject "Ballots or
Miss Genevieve White Bullets?" Each former president
- English instructor at Illinois smiled from his frame on the
Wesleyan is the author of north wall of old Amie Chapel-
"Christmas Kingdom," the Christ- here was a true son of old Wes-mas
serial story, written especi- leyan! Curly did right well, and
ally for publication in the Panta- would have won first place, of
graph. The story will be con- course, except for the fact that
eluded with the ninth annual seven other speakers dulled the
Children's Christmas Jubilee, to sensibilities of the judges before
be held in Bloomington high their decision could be, recorded.
school auditorium, Saturday, Dec. Various Subjects Heard
22. Peter Danger, of Augustana,
spoke on "Why Not Try Love?" "A Chri stmas "Clifford Scott, of Normal, fol-lowed
with, "Peace a Substitute
Carol" Pleases
Packed Houses
Amidst flying snow-balls, merry
Christmas melodies, and the
quaint costumes of nineteenth
century England, a filled house
viewed both performances of
Dicken's "Christmas Carol," last
Sunday afternoon and evening at
the Scottish Rite Temple. Under
the able direction of Delmar D.
Darrah, the Bloomington Consis-tory
players presented a very con-vincing
interpretation of the
story of Old Scrooge and Tiny
Tim.
The musical setting for the
play was arranged by Professor
J. Alfred Neu and Mrs. Vera Pearl
Kemp. Mrs. Neu was organist and
accompanist for the production.
131 in Cast
The play brought a study of
English life as good as a course
in English literature. The 131
members of the cast had been
carefully groomed in the costum-ing
and history of Dicken's
period, and the three hour per-formance
passed very delightfully.
Frederick A. Hitch, as Scrooge,
and Louis Williams as Scrooge's
nephew were extremely effective
in their characterizations, al-though
every character including
petite Gloria Klein, playing Tiny
Tim, gave a finished performance.
There were twenty-seven scenes
in the play.
Two More Performances Given
There will be two more per-formances
of the "Christmas
Carol" next Sunday. The play is
presented w i t h o u t admission
charge, as a contribution to the
Christmas spirit of the commu-nity,
and tickets for admission
may be obtained from members
of the Masonic Order.
OPPORTUNITY OFFERED
TO EXPRESS VIEWS
The Epworth Herald is inter-ested
in finding out what the
students on Methodist campuses
think about religious problems.
In accordance with its request,
the Argus is herewith printing a
ballot which will serve as a
means of gauging such opinion.
We are asking each student to
voice his opinion through this
medium and turn in his vote to
the Argus box in Main Hall.
for War." Richard Windmark
of Lake Forest chose "Greed" foi
his tolis. Then came Merrill
Davis, of North Central, discuss-ing
"Life Insurance for Peace.'
Willard Claassen, from Wheaton
saw mankind "At the Cross-roads."
Seymour Simon (not the
orchestra leader) but a repre-sentative
of Northwestern Univer-sity,
challenged his hearers tc
turn from the worship of "Mars
and Wodin, Inc." Jimie (one M)
Scott, of Eureka, closed the ses-sion
with "Proposals for Perma-nent
Peace."
Simon Wins First
When the smoke of battle had
cleared away, the judges brought
back their decisions, based upon
the relative placing of speakers
on the judgment sheets of each
of the eght judges. Seymour
Simon, of Northwestern, was ac-corded
first place, with its prize
of fifty dollars, our own Harold
Livingston, second place with its
thirty dollar prize (what will he
do with all that money?), and
Richard Widmark, of Lake For-est,
who paced third, will receive
a bonus of twenty dollars. Hearty
congratulations to Livingston,
and the honorable Virgil Mar-tin,
who coached Curly in prepa-ration
for the contest.
Announce Literary Supplement
Relations Club Pro- All Students Urged To
Contribute Stories, Es-gram
IsGi says, and Poems-
The International Relations The Argus Staff members wish
club held its second meeting at to bring to the attention of the
the Hut, Wednesday evening with students the Literary Supplement
Prof. Pratt, the advisor, in which is to be published shortly
charge. Various phases of inter- after Christmas vacations. The
national affairs were discussed editors are especially anxious to
and future plans were made. obtain original contributions from
On December 20, Mrs. Grace the student body. Any type of
Austin will be the speaker of the work will be acceptable-essays,
evening. Mrs. Austin has tray- short stories, poems, editorials or
eled widely in Europe and prom-ises
to give a timely lecture.
On January 9, there will be a
discussion of the Saar Question.
This should prove interesting to
all social science students be-cause
on January 13 the Saar
plebiscite will be held. Mr. Man
of I. W. U. will present his view
on the situation in China the fol-lowing
Wednesday night. Later
meetings, although not scheduled,
will be on the vital questions of
the day.
short articles on any subject.
The student body is urged to
do some work on this during the
Christmas vacation so as to make
this project a success. Two years
ago, the Argus was an eight page
edition and so an entire page
could be devoted to literary sub-jects.
Now, because of the limited
space, this has had to be shor-tened
to the Muse.
This project, as all other school
activities, can only be a success
if it has the support of the stu-
Anyone and everyone inter- dent. Do your part!
ested in International Relations
are cordially invited to become a delightful performances were
member and we hope to see you solos by Mr. Payne, and a group
at the Library next Thursday at 7 of songs by Jane Wachs. Cletus
o'clock. Hensley and Joan Cutright gave
a pantomine while Maurine
Christman read. The club then French Club sang "The Marseilles" and some
Christmas carols in French. IX mas!1 Paruty Heusley is Santa Claus
X a Pat11To climax the meeting, Cletus
Hensley appeared as Santa Claus,
On Wednesday, December 12, and supplied the boys and girls,
from 4:30 to 6:00 P. M. the thirty of them, with pop-corn
French Club held their Christmas balls, peppermint sticks, and ap-meeting
in the Hut. The pro- ples. Miss Young and Miss Fer-gram
was a varied one, as indi- guson are to be congratulated for
viduals ,as well as the group as a arranging such a pleasant after-whole,
performed. Among the ] noon for the club.
YOUR VOTE ON RELIGION
Can religion lead the way out of the depression?
i- Is a religious faith necessary in these times?
Is the church one of the leading institutions in the
present day?
• . . Add below, if you will, a short explanation of your
reasons for answering as you have.
Soloist
Everett Anderson
. . mm ember of the Wesleyan
School of Music, sang the bari-tone
solo part in the "Messiah"
given at the Coliseum Sunday,
Dec. 16.
"Messiah" Is
Given Before
Large Audience
The annual production of
Handel's "Messiah" given under
the auspices of the Amateur Mus-ical
Club of Bloomington, took
place Sunday evening, December
16, at the Coliseum.
The concert was well attended
by a large and appreciative aud-ience.
Mr. Westbrook handled
his orchestra and chorus with
ease and the soloists all did un-usual
work. Those singing the
solo parts were: Mrs. G. L. Jor-dan,
soprano; Mrs. F. E. Fuller,
contralto; Mr. Gilbert Kinne,
tenor; and Mr. Everett Anderson,
baritone.
Numerous Groups Participate
This program is made possible
through the interests of patrons
and other donaters. Those parti-cipating
were the Bloomington
Philharmonic chorus and orches-tra,
and the Wesleyan University
chorus. The Messiah scores were
loaned to the Philharmonic So-ciety
by Mr. Clark Stewart.
Membership in the Philhar-monic
chorus is open to anyone
interested. Chorus rehearsals are
held each Monday at the Y. W.
C. A.
After the Christmas holidays
the chorus will begin work on the
opera "Martha" which will be
given some time in the spring.
Student Union
Pres. Resigns
At the last meeting of the
Student Union the resignation of
President Richard Postlethwait
was officially accepted by the rep-resentatives,
after having been
held over in an attempt to regu-late
the matter in accord with
the school authorities.
Point System Causes Resignation
Mr. Postlethwvait's resignation
was necessitated by the fact that
under the present point system
for apportioning student activ-ities
his points total more than
is allowed an individual student.
In order to reduce his total
suhstantially enough to comply
with the school ruling, Mr. Pus-tlethwait
was compelled to relin-
(luish either the presidency or his
position a: treasurer and commis-sar
of Tan Kappa Epsilon.
Inasmuch as the fraternity
office entails both board and
room and no agreement could be
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Sorority Is
Twenty.Five
Years Old
Dinner In Honor of Date
of Founding Held at
The Illinois Hotel-
Delta Omicron, National Music
Sorority, celebrated its Founder's
Day aninversary last Friday, De-cember
14th. The sorority, al-though
only twenty-five years old,
has grown in breadth and scope
to include many chapters on col-lege
campues and music conserva-tories
of high standing. The
Sigma chapter here at Wesleyan
was founded in 1926, and since
that time has attained a chapter
roll of thirty members, which is
one of the largest on this campus.
Celebrate With Dinner
In honor of the Founder's Day,
a dinner was held at the Illinois
Hotel at 6: 00 P. M. Special guests
of the sorority included Messrs.
Kritch, Munger, Martini, Vander-water,
Mr. and Mrs. Guild, Mrs.
Mae Capen, and Miss Ethel
Gunn, all of whom are patrons
and patronesses of Delta Omi-cron.
Miss June Wright, who is
President of the sorority this
year, presided as hostess.
Martini a Patron
Following the dinner, Mr. Al-bert
Martini, of the Music School
faculty, was installed as a Patron
of Delta Omicron, in a very im-pressive
service. Mr. Martini is
director of the Wesleyan String
Ensemble, teacher of violn and
assistant concert-master of the
Bloomington Philharmonic Or-chestra.
The sorority is very
fortunate in having him for a
patron.
Four Attend
SigConclave
Dave Kruse, Everett Melby,
Dave Swanson and Robert Under-wood
were the Illinois Wesleyan
delegates to the Five Province
Convention of the Sigma Chi fra.
ternity at Chicago, December 14
amid 11.
Hold Model Initiation
Representatives from twenty-six
chapters in the Central States
met in the Stevens Hotel to dis-cues
umatters of common interest,
such as management, rushing,
pledge training and so on. A
model initiation was conducted
Siturday afternoon.
MeCutcheon Speaks
Friday night a dance for the
delegates was given in the Bis-marck
Hotel, where Art Kassel
furnished the music. At the ban-quet
Saturday night prominent
Sigma Chis spoke, among them
John T. McCutcheon, the Chicago
Tribune cartoonist, L. A. Downs,
president of the Illinois Central
Railroad and Dr. W. 'Henry Mc-
Lean, one of the national officers.
A premier showing of a thousand
feet of film of outstanding Sigs
was also given.
ON LEAVING CHAPEL
For some years at Wes-leyan,
it has been tradi-tional
to show respect in
various ways to faculty
members and seniors. This
respect is evidenced, among
other ways, in the order of
leaving chapel sessions.
Seniors, wait until the
faculty members are out.
Juniors, wait until the
seniors are out.
Freshmen, stay in your
seats until faculty members,
seniors, and juniors have
left the auditorium.
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